Americans are afraid to go to the doctor because they are afraid of how much it will cost or that their insurance won't cover them (or their insurance will screw them over). This is the wrong way for a healthcare system to operate. If people can go to the doctor's office without these fears, they would go sooner if they thought something is wrong... they may get treatment for something serious that was caught earlier than if they found out they are stage 4 in some sort of cancer problem... and it would be much cheaper.

I'm not saying that Canada is perfect in this regard. In fact, we have the 30th best healthcare system in the world according to Businessinsider.com. America is 37th... after Saudi Arabia who is ranked 26th, Colombia at 22nd, Oman is 8th (have you heard of Oman?), and of course the French have the best healthcare system in the world.

The rankings are based on an index of five factors: health, health equality, responsiveness, responsiveness equality, and fair financial contribution.

This study was done in the year 2000. They were going to try to rerank everyone again in 2010 but too many of the right people were upset about it and nothing was studied or published on the matter.

They are ranked in large part according to how much the state spends per capita... America was ranked so poorly because they spent the MOST per person.

Please don't tell me you're happy with your healthcare system.